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James Steinberg

Throwing Events, 30u30 Acquired YC Founder, NPR Planet Money’s “Love in a time of Palantir”

Co-founderShotput· Summer 2015🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
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2024Co-founder· Cool Thing
Founder · since 2014
Company
Cool Thing
Role
Co-Founder
current
Stage
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no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
Manhattan, NY
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work history
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Shotput

Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate…

Summer 2015

Experience

Career

  • Cool Thing

    Co-founder

    Co-Founder · Manhattan, NY · 2024 – Present

    2024
  • Roboflow logo

    Roboflow

    AI Researcher · 2024 – 2025

    2024

  • OpenShelf

    Co-founder

    Co-Founder/CTO · New Jersey, United States · 2023 – 2024

    2023
  • Efani logo

    Efani

    CTO · 2022 – 2023

    2022

  • ZipX.com

    Managing Director · Shanghai, China · 2019 – 2021

    2019

  • Trusu

    Co-founder

    Co-Founder · Hong Kong · 2017 – 2019

    2017

  • Pedal Holdings Inc.

    Co-founder

    Co-founder, CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2015 – 2016

    2015

  • Shotput

    Co-founder

    Co-founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2014 – 2015

    2014
  • DEKA Research & Development logo

    DEKA Research & Development

    Engineer · Manchester, New Hampshire · 2013

    2013
  • Goldman Sachs logo

    Goldman Sachs

    Analyst/Developer · Greater Boston Area · 2011

    2011
  • netBlazr logo

    netBlazr

    Web Developer · 2010 – 2011

    2010

  • Legoland Discovery Centre

    Entertainment Associate · 2008 – 2009

    2008

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